The 7 Best Childhood Education Textbooks

What If Everybody Understood Child Development? (appx. $19) confronts harmful practices and myths that affect our educational system. It's a collection of short, well-researched essays, written in a simple style to ensure anybody will be able to comprehend what they're reading.

Assessment in Early Childhood Education (about $95) teaches readers how to prepare and later interpret the results of both standardized and informal tests. You'll learn that there is more than one way to measure if a child is truly succeeding in class.

Teaching STEM in the Early Years (appx. $18) includes more than 85 activities designed to improve a child's understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math. Each lesson incorporates at least two disciplines in a way that will appeal to young ones.

Inclusive Early Childhood Education: Development, Resources, and Practice (around $75) features information on a variety of learning disabilities and ways to include afflicted children in a regular classroom. It provides access to a collection of online videos.

Teaching Mathematics in Early Childhood (appx. $44) recognizes the importance of having kids learn math from the youngest possible age. It emphasizes making sure children understand the concepts they are being taught rather than just regurgitating them.

The Exceptional Child: Inclusion in Early Childhood Education (around $88) discusses how to approach teaching a young student with special needs. It includes checklists to help teachers guarantee that they are creating an appropriate environment.

Available in both print and in an interactive digital form, Early Childhood Education Today (around $75) engages students with research-based information to make sure that the teachers of tomorrow have everything they need to help young kids succeed in school.